In recent years‚ companies have managed to turn their backs on employees and investors‚ all because they wanted to save money and do what’s best for the company and them without caring how it would affect the employees and investors. They became greedy and did whatever it took to get themselves rich by lying to investors with balance sheets that didn’t include money-losing assets and laying off employees leaving them jobless and feeling betrayed. Even though both employees and investors were betrayed
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Bankrupt Rapper Not Really Broke After All Curtis James Jackson III‚ better known as 50 Cent‚ has been in the news a lot over the last year because of is bankruptcy. When 50 Cent filed his Chapter 11 last June he claimed that he owed nearly $50 million‚ just enough to offset his assets but not enough to pay the $7 million judgment against him in favor of rival Rick Ross’s ex‚ Lastonia Leviston. He said he certainly could not afford the $17 million award to his ex-business partners who sued him
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Enron is a company that specializes in energy and power industry. They provide gas‚ oil‚ and electrical services worldwide. These comprise wholesale services‚ retail energy services‚ broadband services‚ and transportation services. They have reported revenues of $100.789billion‚ $40.112billion‚ and $31.260 billion for the years 2000‚ 1999‚ and 1998 respectively. This is a growth of 151.3% from year 1999 to 2000 and 28.3% from 1998 to 1999. This is unparalleled in the relatively stable energy business
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Play It As It Lays: Life Unscripted (DRAFT) Maria Wyeth is an actress‚ a beaut‚ a dimming star‚ a schizophrenic‚ and beyond that a untraditional loving mother to Kate‚ her daughter. The way Joan Didion writes “Play It As It Lays” in satirical way upon Hollywood lifestyle is tantalizing the mind to think that Hollywood is full of people who have problems of drinking‚ drug abuse‚ and sex. Which is undeniable happening in the most era of Hollywood lifestyle since the day one. Fame‚ success and pouring
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF FRITO-LAY Case Analysis of Frito-Lay MKT610: Marketing Strategies Jane Student Davenport University Terry O’Connor‚ Ph.D. June 15‚ 2010 Table of Contents Purpose and Overview 3 Analysis of Our Past and Current Situations 3 External Opportunities We Could Exploit 4 External Threats That May Impeded Success 4 Internal Strengths on Which to Capitalize 4 Internal Weaknesses to Overcome 4 Assumptions on Which the Strategies
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How do Steinbeck and Hurston explore the motifs of creation and destruction also present in As I Lay Dying? Why are these elements so significant to all three authors? How does the presence of these elements reflect each author’s perspective of life in Modern America (approximately 1910-1945)? Do you see these elements in any of the other pieces we’ve read this year? Could they be read as the roots of these issues in Modern texts? Steinbeck‚ Hurston‚ and Faulkner share the motifs of creation and
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SWOT Analysis PepsiCo Strengths • Branding - One of PepsiCo’s top brands is of course Pepsi‚ one of the most recognized brands of the world‚ ranked according to Interbrand. As of 2008 it ranked 26th amongst top 100 global brands. Pepsi generates more than $15‚000 million of annual sales. Pepsi is joined in broad recognition by such PepsiCo brands as Diet Pepsi‚ Gatorade Mountain Dew‚ Thirst Quencher‚ Lay’s Potato Chips‚ Lipton Teas (PepsiCo/Unilever Partnership)‚ Tropicana Beverages‚ Fritos
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I do agree that it was the "Greed Factor" which drives Enron employees to increase the profits through unethical methods‚ and ultimately causing its downfall. But could it be the opposite? I mean‚ could it be that it was Enron ’s culture and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)‚ which is to increase the profits and share price that "forced" Enron employees behave in an unethical manner? What circumstances caused them to be unethical‚ really? At first‚ the leader of Enron Finance Corp‚ Jeffrey Skilling
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White collar crime was defined by Edwin Sutherland as a crime committed by a respectable person of high social status during the course of their career and can include fraud‚ embezzlement‚ and insider trading (170). Madoff was charged with securities fraud‚ investment advisor fraud‚ mail fraud‚ and wire fraud after confessing to stealing more than $50 million dollars from people over the course of decades. After the stock market collapse of 2008 it became apparent to Madoff that he would not be
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Introduction The vice presidents of Brazos Manufacturing‚ Inc. had needed to cut down on their budgets. The company was a $550 million automotive parts supply company. Troy Sozuko had been with BMI for the past 30 years and was the highest-ranking officer in North America. Jack was the controller of the multi-million-dollar company. Then one day Troy came to Jack and asked him to change his W-2 form intentionally to show that he used his car for personal use. Jack understood that this was a really
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